Maggot-Bearing Stapelia
Maggot-Bearing Stapelia (Stapelia hirsuta) — The Temple of Flora · Joseph Constantine Stadler after Peter Charles Henderson · 1801.
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Where it works
Red-and-green cactus stems fan up like fingers around a hairy star-shaped flower in Thornton's stapelia, set before a forest cliff and a snowy peak. Green-heavy with a wild backdrop, it suits a study, a den or a hallway with dark green, olive or walnut at 16×24 in black, no mat.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique botanical plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- dark green, red, olive, grey
- Mood
- dramatic, earthy
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom
- Good gift for
- plant lovers, her
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
Framing. A slim black or natural wood frame right to the plate edge; the plate's own margin frames the subject.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other botanical prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
Shipping & returns
About this design
The Madten promise
The cream specimen edition
The same plate set on a soft cream ground with a typeset specimen label — a gallery-ready print.
